Posted by zmg on December 23, 2006, at 13:59:41
In reply to Upper+downer for Anx/dep-Be Careful, posted by Tom Twilight on December 22, 2006, at 12:55:03
I'm laughing because your situation sounds somewhat similar to my own (ages ago now!).
Only with me it was straight forward abuse, with a little guidance from the PDR (Physicians Desk Reference, great book).
If I remember this correctly (and it really has been years) I manged a combo that was terribly effective: Ritalin/Methylphenidate during the day to boost energy, creativity, dopamine, euphoria. I was taking much too much of it (goes without saying, I was quite addicted, so while I do rather relish the memory it was terribly, terribly hard to break and really not something I'd recommend). Methylphenidate stimulates the reticular activating center, part of your brain associated with attention (it of course stimulates lots of other things, but this seems to be the focus). So at night I'd take Soma/Carisoprodol which is a depressant that works on the same region (my copy of the PDR recommended it for treatment in cases of overdose, which I was of course achieving nightly).
It was an odd combo because it allowed me to be incredibly strung out abusing the Ritalin then sleeping like a baby pretty much on demand.
Of course finally I was taking such high doses of Ritalin and had developed such high tolerance that the only effects I could get would be things like palpitations and tingling in the extremities (not good signs).
Aside from cigarettes it was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to quit. Am I on a tangent here?
Hope everyones having a wonderful holiday.
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